Jeff Kauffman, HDT's contributing economic analyst, takes a look at economic and trucking indicators reflecting an upcoming economic downturn.
How can we reconcile recent freight market weakness with January's strong employment statistics? FTR's Avery Vise digs into the jobs numbers.
Slowing inflation means the Fed will slow down its pace of rate increases that it implemented to slow the overheated economy. The questions are, how much, how fast — and how might that affect the outlook for trucking fleets?
FTR looks at key economic and trucking industry indicators and offers an outlook for freight transportation in 2023.
Is the U.S. in a recession? The usual measures of the country's economic health have been rendered unreliable by the continued fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Two experienced trucking analysts share what they're seeing in the numbers.
What do inflation, inventories, employment numbers, freight rates and more mean for trucking's outlook?
“This is a bit of an interlude in what is going to be a stormy, stormy path the rest of this year and into 2023 as well,” said Tom Kloza of OPIS.
Traditionally, trucking was looked to as an early indicator of larger economic problems. Find out why HDT’s economic analyst thinks this freight cycle may be different.
FTR's Trucking Conditions Index from April and the Cass Transportation Indexes for May identify trends such as job growth and economic conditions that could point to a weakening after a nearly two-year cycle of surging freight volumes.
Are diesel prices driving small carriers out of business? FTR's Avery Vise digs into FMCSA data to explore that.
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